Schistophleps obducta (T.P. Lucas, 1894)
 (one synonym : Philenora thelxinoa Turner, 1940)
LITHOSIINI,   ARCTIINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
  
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Schistophleps obducta
(Photo: courtesy of David Rentz, Kuranda, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species is pale brown with several dark blotches along the costa of each forewing. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

Schistophleps obducta
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in:

  • New Guinea,

    as well as in Australia in

  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.

    Further reading :

    Thomas P. Lucas,
    Descriptions of new Australian Lepidoptera, with additional localities for known species,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Series 2, Volume 8 (1894), p. 135, No. 2.

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    (updated 16 March 2011, 20 July 2019)